# NYS AGM Food Laboratory Admin

> **NIH FDA U19** · NY STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE/ MARKETS · 2020 · $165,000

## Abstract

NY AGM Food Laboratory - Project Summary/Abstract: 
 The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NY AGM) has an 
expansive and robust food safety inspection program and a regulatory food safety testing 
laboratory. The Food Laboratory, a division within the NY AGM, has a mission to provide expert 
state of the art analytical testing in support of food safety programs in New York State. The 
Food Laboratory, through food testing, provides support to the divisions of Food Safety and 
Inspection and Milk Control and Dairy Services. It is the primary servicing laboratory for the New 
York manufactured food regulatory program and is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 
standard and AOAC ALACC criteria. The Food Laboratory has comprehensive testing programs 
for microbiological and chemical contamination in food and beverages. 
 If funded for the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model, the Food Laboratory will maintain 
resources and personnel necessary to cover testing of more than 2,000 samples according to 
the Food Laboratory Sampling Plans. The laboratory will maintain a quality management system 
compliant with the managerial and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and continue to be 
accredited by a recognized accreditation body. It will participate in proficiency testing or 
competency exercises on an annual basis to maintain analyst competency. If funded, the Food 
Laboratory will use a management system software to track quality activities such as method 
development, method validation, and matrix extension research. This system will also track 
analyst performance in proficiency testing, any participation in trainings related to food testing, 
and if the most up-to-date method is being used in the laboratory. After laboratory report is 
released, Quality Assurance staff will be responsible for compiling spreadsheets and testing raw 
data for full laboratory packages of any violative sample. Additionally, the PD/PI will create a 
management team to assist on collecting metrics of each projects quarterly and keep the PD/PI 
informed of status of project deliverables and financial expenditure. 
 The Food Laboratory management team will work towards managing projects that will 
support the integrated food safety system by coordinating sampling, testing and sharing 
laboratory results with the FDA when considering enforcement actions for surveillance and 
regulatory purposes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175119
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007122-01
- **Recipient organization:** NY STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE/ MARKETS
- **Principal Investigator:** Maria Lucia Ishida
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175119

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175119, NYS AGM Food Laboratory Admin (1U19FD007122-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175119. Licensed CC0.

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